S.S. President Johnson, formerly the S.S. Manchuria, built in 1903. The ship was requisitioned by The United States Shipping Board and became a troop carrier for the US Army carrying upwards of 5000 soldiers per voyage. She made 13 round trips to Europe before being returned to her owners in 1919. In 1928 she was renamed the S.S. President Johnson and sold to Dollar Steamship Lines. All old first class quarters were stripped and replaced with seventy-five staterooms and twenty-five new private baths for 175 first class passengers. All public rooms were renovated, a steel tank swimming pool was added on deck, a new deck house was built as a smoking room, and the “verandah cafe” with a 2400 square foot “play ground” above was added.
Category: History
San Fransisco Mint, 1938
Chinatown, San Fransisco, 1930s
Airships for Lenin, 1931
1931 Soviet poster reading: “We are building a fleet of airships for Lenin”
Soviet Airship B4, 1934
Happy Beer Day!
An American Airways plane in Chicago is being loaded with cases of 3.2% beer to be delivered to nearby cities.
Even though prohibition did not officially end until Dec 5, 1933, 3.2% beer became legal to drink at midnight, April 7, 1933.
Empire State Building Construction
The construction of the Empire State building involved more than 3,500 workers. According to official accounts, only five workers died during the construction, although the New York Daily News gave reports of 14 deaths. An amazing number considering the complete lack of safety equipment.
“City of San Fransisco”, 1938
“CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO” streamliner left Oakland Pier terminal in two sections on January 2, 1938, when the new ultra-modern 17-car train was inaugurated to supplant the original 11-car train which had been in operation since June 14, 1936, for the SP-UP-C&NW between San Francisco and Chicago. Both trains carried capacity loads of holiday travelers. The original streamliner was assigned to other service after this trip. (Wikipedia)
Shroud of Turin, 1931
A poster advertising the exposition of the Shroud from May 4-24, 1931, for the wedding of Prince Umberto of Piedmont (later to become Umberto II of Savoy), to Princes Maria Jos of Belgium. Two million visitors flock to Turin for this occasion.
Babylon Ruins, Basalt Lion, 1930s
Basalt Lion, marking Daniel’s Den (?)
